Perchik Glaser

Perchik Glaser (1877-1939) was a Russian revolutionary who took part in the riots of the 1905 Revolution. Formerly a tutor, Glaser was a staunch Marxist and stirred up revolutionary feelings, only to be arrested and sent to live in Siberia for the rest of his life.

Biography
Glaser was born in Kiev in the Province of Ukraine of the Russian Empire to a Jewish family. Glaser was a radical Marxist, educated in a university in the city. With revolutionary feelings stirring in 1905, Glaser traveled to local Jewish towns, attempting to convert the people to fighting rather than letting the Russian government evict them from their homes. While in the town of Anatevka, divided between the Jews and the Christians, he married the daughter of a local dairy man, but did not see her for one day before he left for Kiev to assist in organizing a riot during the 1905 Revolution, supported by both Jews and gentiles. While there, he was arrested as Russian Army cavalrymen cut down many protesters, and he was punished by exile to Siberia's frozen wastelands. His wife Hodel accompanied him there, and they were married under a chuppah (canopy) there. He lived the rest of his life in the wilderness and died with his wife.